2009 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

[LordJeffBuck]

Originally Posted by C-busBuck

Did anyone think that maybe tOSU is taking a wait and see with Freeman. He is such an unproven commodity that, perhaps, the coaches want to see his senior season before they decide to make a push for his services. If he goes somewhere else before they make a final judgement...
Cie le vie!

The staff was never interested in Freeman and they never will be. He's not tOSU material, and he attends a school that the staff has historically avoided.

And really, why should the staff be offering an "unproven commodity", when they can get bona fide blue chip prospects? Freeman might develop down the road, but the staff is much better served targeting players who have a more easily attainable upside.

[C-busBuck]

Originally Posted by LordJeffBuck

The staff was never interested in Freeman and they never will be. He's not tOSU material, and he attends a school that the staff has historically avoided.

And really, why should the staff be offering an "unproven commodity", when they can get bona fide blue chip prospects? Freeman might develop down the road, but the staff is much better served targeting players who have a more easily attainable upside.

Well said..

[BuckTwenty]

A couple prospects that come to mind that seem comparable to Freeman are Aaron Brown (VTech) and Branndon Braxton (Oklahoma). An Ohio kid that has amazing size and "potential", but were considered projects that could become a future superstars on the line. Both Brown & Braxton struggled at times with inferior competition, for whatever reason (conditioning, technique, coaching, who knows). With only playing one high school football in his entire life, Freeman is the poster child for project because there's not even enough film on him to properly evaluate him.

LJB's right on though. Why take a project and start everything from scratch when you can take a kid that already has the fundamentals, size, experience, and just needs some coaching, refining proper technique, and experience at the college level? Projects make good message board fodder, but we don't miss Brown or Braxton and won't miss Freeman either.

[wadc45]

Zebrie Sanders and Lee Tilley are two others that I am reminded of...

[akronbuck]

how about greg jones,soph, lb , mich state.
cincinnati, ohio moeller? I think
most magazines pre-season 2nd team all big ten

If I remember low interest from

[calibuck]

One of the bon mot's that Coop expounded has stuck with me. When recruiting someone, he said "if you miss on a star, you only have to face them once a year, but if you offer a scholarship to someone who doesn't pan out, you have to see them every day."

If you think about it, it's truly wise. Let the marginal programs take chances on the 'tweeners' or 'maybes'. Tress & Co seem to have taken the 3*s (Jenkins, Laurinitis, etc) and built them into first round pro DCs. But they fit the 'profile', etc. But if there's doubt, and it's also the mental aspect as well as the physical, then let someone else take 'em. The blog on front page shows how many we 'missed' on, and it looks like the ones we 'missed' turned out to be duds, not studs.

Dare I say it, but OSU has become an 'elite' recruiting team, and based on the success of the program, more of the elite kids are looking our way. that's a great thing, and here's hoping that it continues, a la USC, etc. Remember, it could turn around like Notre Dame, and we don't want that, not that it will as long as Tress roams the OSU sidelines.....

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by wadc45

Zebrie Sanders and Lee Tilley are two others that I am reminded of...

Brandon Braxton as well...Went to Oklahoma about 4 years ago...